Recipe
Upstage Everyone This Year with These Holiday Macarons
Spending the holidays in Paris this year? Me neither. BUT you can bring a little piece of that beautiful city to your own kitchen—with a holiday twist of course. Macarons are delicious and also make for a beautiful Instagram post. They actually look way more complicated to make than you'd think. So let's crank up the holiday music and get baking.
Eggnog and Candy Cane Macarons
- Prep Time: 1 hr 30 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
- Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 2/3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup almond flour
- buttercream frosting
- 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- candy canes
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Step 1
Sift together almond flour and powdered sugar, making sure the ingredients are well mixed.
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Step 2
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with a mixer until white and foamy.
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Step 3
Gradually add granulated sugar and continue mixing until meringue is thick and has hard peaks.
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Step 4
Quickly add in dry ingredients and fold in to the meringue.
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Step 5
Put batter in a pastry bag and squeeze into circles on a baking tray that's been lined with parchment paper. Let the tray sit out for an hour at room temperature.
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Step 6
Once the cookies have a thin 'shell' (you can touch it without the batter sticking to your finger), bang the tray against the counter to get out air bubbles and bake at 285° F for 10-15 minutes.
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Step 7
While the shells are cooking, divide buttercream frosting into two separate bowls. In one, add cinnamon and nutmeg; stir well. This is your eggnog-flavored frosting.
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Step 8
Once shells have cooled, fill half with the eggnog-flavored frosting. Fill the other half with plain frosting and then roll them in crushed candy canes (don't roll eggnog macarons in the candy canes).
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